- Exam
- NEET
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Excretory Products and their Elimination
NEET · Zoology · Excretory Products and their Elimination
What is the glomerulus along with Bowman's capsule called?
Options
- ARenal Column
- BNephron
- CRenal Corpuscle
- DMedullary Pyramid
Correct answer
C. Renal Corpuscle
Step-by-step solution
The renal tubule begins with a double walled cup-like structure called Bowman’s capsule, which encloses the glomerulus. Glomerulus alongwith Bowman’s capsule, is called the malpighian body or renal corpuscle (Figure 16.4). The tubule continues further to form a highly coiled network – proximal convoluted tubule (PCT). A hairpin shaped Henle’s loop is the next part of the tubule which has a descending and an ascending limb. The ascending limb continues as another highly coiled tubular region called distal convoluted tubule (DCT). The DCTs of many nephrons open into a straight tube called collecting duct, many of which converge and open into the renal pelvis through medullary pyramids in the calyces.